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he has had a few zingers on romney. romney is cardboard and very flat. >> others critique the moderator for limiting the banter. >> they both looked uncomftable. it looked like he was not allowing either to debate. >> but there was a different take on the debate across the bay in walnut creek where the gop supporters convened. >> romney came out much stronger than obama figured he would. >> as the debate progressed, the mixed personality and his innate ability to have people trust in him came forward. >> mitt romney had the facts. obama was without the facts. >> quite frankly obama looked like he was flownderring. floppedderring. he -- flownderring. he didn't know what to say. >> that was one of the best debate performances in a generation. >> of course there is no way to really score tonight. it is all a matter of personal politics. reporting live in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> thanks, leslie. and if you missed the debate you can still see it by going to abc7news.com. we have a link for you on the fro
he has had a few zingers on romney. romney is cardboard and very flat. >> others critique the moderator for limiting the banter. >> they both looked uncomftable. it looked like he was not allowing either to debate. >> but there was a different take on the debate across the bay in walnut creek where the gop supporters convened. >> romney came out much stronger than obama figured he would. >> as the debate progressed, the mixed personality and his innate ability to...
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romney has outspent his opponents by three to one. romney has 37.8% of the vote. santorum has 37.2%. sea of green is all santorum. he has the outlying areas of ohio, romney has support of the city, cincinnati, columbus and cleveland. >> three of four contenders are promising stronger action to stop iran's nuclear program. they all spoke against the president's call for more time in dealing with iran. political reporter mark matthews has the story. >> mitt romney has said if president obama wins reelection, iran will build a nuclear weapon. today romney added this. >> the president speaks of common interests. let me be clear about this. we do not have common interests with a terrorist regime. >> rick santorum also weighed in on the nuclear program. saying if iran doesn't immediately open their facilities for inspection. u.s. should work with israel on a military response. >> to make sure that they do not tear down those facilities, we will tear down them ourselves. >> and newt gingrich said iran has crossed the line. >> a bomb goes, red line is not the morning our
romney has outspent his opponents by three to one. romney has 37.8% of the vote. santorum has 37.2%. sea of green is all santorum. he has the outlying areas of ohio, romney has support of the city, cincinnati, columbus and cleveland. >> three of four contenders are promising stronger action to stop iran's nuclear program. they all spoke against the president's call for more time in dealing with iran. political reporter mark matthews has the story. >> mitt romney has said if...
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. >> the president focused on romney. >> governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan. he has a one-point plan. that's to make sure the folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> when he tried to answer back the moderator pushed back. >> governor romney, there will be plenty of chances to go on. we i -- >> i will -- >> when romney talked about lowering tax rates. >> when you bring the rates down, those small businesses are able to keep more money and hire more people. >> the president went after him again. >> you wouldn't have taken such a sketchy deal and neither should the american people. the math doesn't add up. >> where president obama stumbled was the question about the attack in benghazi. >> who denied the enhanced security and why? >> he never did answer that question. instead he attacked romney. >> while we were still dealing with our diplomats being threaten ited, governor romney put out a press released trying to make political points. >> they brought up the discrepancies. >> this was clear that this was not a demmon vagues. this was an attack by t
. >> the president focused on romney. >> governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan. he has a one-point plan. that's to make sure the folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> when he tried to answer back the moderator pushed back. >> governor romney, there will be plenty of chances to go on. we i -- >> i will -- >> when romney talked about lowering tax rates. >> when you bring the rates down, those small businesses are able to keep more...
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governor romney governor romney this is after the race had been called by virtually all the network one network in particular on the big screen short time ago started talking about that it may not over yet in ohio and all of a sudden the spirit in the room lifted. so it's an interesting place to be tonight. certainly in their minds far from over and certainly not practically over until the governor himself comes out and speaks. live in boston, 7 news. >> of course we will bring that to you the moment he does. thank you. >> supposedly mitt romney didn't prepare concession speech only victory speech whether true or not we didn't know but we'll find out when he comes out. breakdown the vote for the president in californi california. early results we have for. this is in california 54 percent of the voters voted for president obama compared to 44 percent for mitt romney in california. >> joining us now to provide some analysis for us as the votes come in melinda jackson from state university. >> you are expert on polling and the polls literally were spot on. >> we have had absolutely no sur
governor romney governor romney this is after the race had been called by virtually all the network one network in particular on the big screen short time ago started talking about that it may not over yet in ohio and all of a sudden the spirit in the room lifted. so it's an interesting place to be tonight. certainly in their minds far from over and certainly not practically over until the governor himself comes out and speaks. live in boston, 7 news. >> of course we will bring that to...
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>>reporter: romney objective? move the debate from foreign policy to the economy. >> the president said by now we would be at 5.4 percent unemployment. we are 9 million jobs short of that. >>reporter: romney strategy was to look presidential and keep the focus on the issue that voters care about most. >> we can't expect entrepreneur and businesses large and small to take their life savings or their company money and invest in america if they think we are headed to the road to greece. >> president obama went after romney after ever opportunity. >> if we had taken the your advice about our auto industry we would be buying cars from china instead of selling cars to china. >> attacking me is not talking about an agenda 8. romney gave the pat answer more than once. it did not stop the attacks. >> governor romney i'm glad that you recognize that al qaeda is a threat. because few months ago when were you asked what is the biggest geo-political threat facing america you said russia. not al qaeda. you said russia. 1980's a
>>reporter: romney objective? move the debate from foreign policy to the economy. >> the president said by now we would be at 5.4 percent unemployment. we are 9 million jobs short of that. >>reporter: romney strategy was to look presidential and keep the focus on the issue that voters care about most. >> we can't expect entrepreneur and businesses large and small to take their life savings or their company money and invest in america if they think we are headed to the...
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perry may be focusing on romney's record. over the weekend romney's mormon faith took center stage a a dallas pastor introduced perry like this. >> rick perry is a leader, a true conservative and he is a genuine follower of jesus christ. >> reporter: the comment was intentional. he later said he believes romney is not a christian. therefore, not an acceptable candidate. >> in my estimation mormonism is a cult and would give credence to a cult to have a mormon candidate. >> reporter: romney says he is a christian. four years ago he delivered a key speech about his faith. nearly half of republican primary voters that cycle define themselves as evangelicals only 20% voted for romney. >> this wasn't just attitude, i was behavior of he struggled. >> reporter: romney's fell republican contenders avoided the topic this weekend. >> i am not going to do an analysis of mormonism versus christianity for the sake of answering that. >> this is so inconsequential as far as this campaign is concerned. >> reporter: a new poll shows romney wi
perry may be focusing on romney's record. over the weekend romney's mormon faith took center stage a a dallas pastor introduced perry like this. >> rick perry is a leader, a true conservative and he is a genuine follower of jesus christ. >> reporter: the comment was intentional. he later said he believes romney is not a christian. therefore, not an acceptable candidate. >> in my estimation mormonism is a cult and would give credence to a cult to have a mormon candidate....
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al% of americans say romney would -- 58% of americans say romney would favor the wealthy over the middle class. >> every time there's been an opportunity for him to move to undecided he either made a mistake or a decision that hasn't helped him. >> reporter: the video controversy comes as the campaign was trying to hit the reset button. now they have to reset the reset the next big chance may not come until the first presidential debate on october 3rd. >>> hundreds of passengers traveling from san francisco to australia are on their way after frustrating delays that that spanned two days. >> with two flights bound for australia. those passengers just took off. loft night they slept in the airport, 200 other passengers . passengers were booked on to monday night's flight was pushed back until tuesday morning at 9:00. >> i wanted to meet with a friend in australia, now it is not possible. i will fly 10 hours late. >> reporter: united airlines tells abc7 news there were two different mechanical problems. >> i was pretty upset. very frustrated. traveling is not fun to start with. then delays
al% of americans say romney would -- 58% of americans say romney would favor the wealthy over the middle class. >> every time there's been an opportunity for him to move to undecided he either made a mistake or a decision that hasn't helped him. >> reporter: the video controversy comes as the campaign was trying to hit the reset button. now they have to reset the reset the next big chance may not come until the first presidential debate on october 3rd. >>> hundreds of...
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governor romney? >> he was hat put forth reason if give us a reasonq,e. for uso trust him. >> reporter: new was where huntsman played all his chips after finishing third he said his cam bull paid off. >> i say third -- third place is a ticket to raoeufpld >> reporter: six days later he's riding into the 2012 sunset. leaving romney up against four others who want to be his conservative alternative. one called huntsman's endorsement just a moderate backing a moderate. >> i'm not surprised. >> reporter: mitt romney did not show up to accept huntsman endorsement in person five days before the south carolina primary romney is doing all he can to win over conservative hearts. scott goldberg, abc news, new york. >>> vice president biden will be in san francisco this wednesday for a fundraising luncheon. the event will be held at the ly reserve on battery street. tickets -- will range from $20 phi00 to $10,000. the president and -- >>> emotional tribute in weekend to an oakland whose donated organs saved the
governor romney? >> he was hat put forth reason if give us a reasonq,e. for uso trust him. >> reporter: new was where huntsman played all his chips after finishing third he said his cam bull paid off. >> i say third -- third place is a ticket to raoeufpld >> reporter: six days later he's riding into the 2012 sunset. leaving romney up against four others who want to be his conservative alternative. one called huntsman's endorsement just a moderate backing a moderate....
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he's leading romney by 10 points on protecting the middle class. mitt romney respond with what the poll show is his strongest argument. the deficit. >> you have a president that will continue to amass trillion dollar deficit. with enough debt to ultimately sink our economy in the future. >>reporter: senior editor at american for limited government told me today raising taxes would hurt job creation. >> well the rich are your job creators in this economy. the poor aren't creating jobs. sad to say. >>reporter: our partner at fact check.org found 27 percent of upper index tax filer get a majority of the income from small businesses. small businesses provide 70% of the job in this country but only 2% of those reporting any business income are making more than 200,000 a year. so equating job creation with the rich is not as obvious as some would like to make it. on the flip side republicans right when they argue the president plan for taxing the rich won't dent the deficit. so what would be a fair share? >> we need to get back to year of eisenhower. whe
he's leading romney by 10 points on protecting the middle class. mitt romney respond with what the poll show is his strongest argument. the deficit. >> you have a president that will continue to amass trillion dollar deficit. with enough debt to ultimately sink our economy in the future. >>reporter: senior editor at american for limited government told me today raising taxes would hurt job creation. >> well the rich are your job creators in this economy. the poor aren't...
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mitt romney is trying to beat out santorum in a state where romney has deep roots. katie marzullo joins us with the high stakes. >> reporter: high stakes for romney because of what you mentioned his roots and high enough for santorum that he's courting democrats in michigan they can vote in the state's open primary so santorum is trying to turn them against romney with robo calls that romney says, go too far. >> romney supported the bailouts for his wall street billionaire buddies but opposed the auto bailouts. >> reporter: in truth santorum opposed the auto bailouts too.:n in real-time today in michigan santorum in grand rapids with a promise of more jobs. >> for manufacturing activity we will eliminate the corporate tax and send a sign to have manufacturer around the world we want you here in america to make thenings that will create jobs and -- make things that will create jobs. >> reporter: romney said -- >> i don't think he understands process of job creating. >> reporter: some say iff romney loses michigan it would be an embarrassment from which he cannot boun
mitt romney is trying to beat out santorum in a state where romney has deep roots. katie marzullo joins us with the high stakes. >> reporter: high stakes for romney because of what you mentioned his roots and high enough for santorum that he's courting democrats in michigan they can vote in the state's open primary so santorum is trying to turn them against romney with robo calls that romney says, go too far. >> romney supported the bailouts for his wall street billionaire buddies...
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romney didn't cut taxes for millionaire. he opposed a plan to impose a capitol gains tax retroactively. insisted on delaying that tax hike for eight months. as for resisting taxes on the middle class, he imposed a number of fee but none of them targeted middle income workers. he also proposed cutting the state income tax three times. now that would have cut taxes for all taxpayers but the state democratic legislature wouldn't go along. >> so now when mitt romney talks about what he would do as president. >> i know what it takes to create jobs. >> remember we have heard it all before i know how jobs are created. row many any economic. it didn't work then. it won't work now. >>reporter: fact check. that's an opinion not a fact. fact checker at the "washington post"did put together an interesting comparison of job records. they looked at romney record as the governor of massachusetts. and obama record as president and ironically chart show as fairly similar trajectory under both men. partner at fact check.org did the analysis o
romney didn't cut taxes for millionaire. he opposed a plan to impose a capitol gains tax retroactively. insisted on delaying that tax hike for eight months. as for resisting taxes on the middle class, he imposed a number of fee but none of them targeted middle income workers. he also proposed cutting the state income tax three times. now that would have cut taxes for all taxpayers but the state democratic legislature wouldn't go along. >> so now when mitt romney talks about what he would...
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. >>> mitt romney is on his way back to the united states to boston. this follows an overseas trip overshadowed by controversial comments. katie marzullo has the latest misstep which was not by romney but a vocal campaign aide. >> reporter: his name is rick gorka traveling press secretary. reporters were yelling questions at romney as he left poland's tomb of the unknown soldier. gorka was telling them to back off and let a swear word fly . >> reporter: a half hour after)ó that exchange he apologized to reporters and mitt romney on to give a speech in war sau. poland was the third -- in stop. in israel on monday romney said the reason for the economic inequality between the palestinians and israelis, culture. >> outrageous statements those trying to protect and save lives in this region. >> reporter: last week in london romney said the city wasn't primed to host the olympics. and prime minister cameron didn't let that skwhraoeufpltd we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest most active bustling cities anywhere in the world. of course it is
. >>> mitt romney is on his way back to the united states to boston. this follows an overseas trip overshadowed by controversial comments. katie marzullo has the latest misstep which was not by romney but a vocal campaign aide. >> reporter: his name is rick gorka traveling press secretary. reporters were yelling questions at romney as he left poland's tomb of the unknown soldier. gorka was telling them to back off and let a swear word fly . >> reporter: a half hour after)ó...
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>> reporter: the romney campaign tells abc news that the focus for mitt romney was getting used to answering questions from different people and sort of jumping around from topic to topic like will take place tonight. as for the obama campaign they say the president focused on getting used to attacking mitt romney really going after him and trying to maybe portray inconsistencies in his positions and proposals. >> we'll see how it works out. thanks. the presidential debate is tonight at 6:00 we'll be carrying it live here on abc 7. >>> much more ahead, including search for missing pilot who took off from half moon bay the area where the coast guard is searching today. >>> new security concerns for a pakistani girl shot by the taliban, and is now being treated in england. >>> coast guard is searching the waters off half moon bay for a small plane. arizona but did not show up for a scheduled fuel stop in apple valley the pilot's wife reported the plane missing orange single engine tail number n 72 ah. the coast guard says the search will extent 20 miles south from where the plane took off at h
>> reporter: the romney campaign tells abc news that the focus for mitt romney was getting used to answering questions from different people and sort of jumping around from topic to topic like will take place tonight. as for the obama campaign they say the president focused on getting used to attacking mitt romney really going after him and trying to maybe portray inconsistencies in his positions and proposals. >> we'll see how it works out. thanks. the presidential debate is...
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romney campaign has not given you a reason to like him as a person so far. want you to respect him as businessman but haven't made that compelling human interest case and stories like this step on that. >>reporter: for the voting public some say what romney did decades ago is relevant. others say it's not. >> if that's what he is made of then i don't want him to be our president. >> different stage of life. hay school you are doing your own thing. go with the nrochlt you go what your friends do and what you think is cool. >>reporter: the boy died eight years ago but in the mid 90's he told a fellow student said it was horrible and frightening and thought about it a lot since then. this is 7 news. >> thank you lillian. >> investigation into meat glue by the 7 news i team triggered a national debate. should you have the right to know if you are eating it. meat glue is the common name for product used in the meat industry to bind 2 small piece office meat together that looks like a solid piece of steak. restaurants serving glue steak are not obligated to tell c
romney campaign has not given you a reason to like him as a person so far. want you to respect him as businessman but haven't made that compelling human interest case and stories like this step on that. >>reporter: for the voting public some say what romney did decades ago is relevant. others say it's not. >> if that's what he is made of then i don't want him to be our president. >> different stage of life. hay school you are doing your own thing. go with the nrochlt you go...
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latest 2 research poll shows him up by 2 points over romney. post poll shows his favorability among republican has moved just ahead of romney. perhaps of greatest concern to the romney camp in 3 critical republican groups santorum has sizable ladies. tea party. conservative. and evangelical. romney is trying to ramp up the emphasis on conservative. >> let me tell you something about conservatism. my conservatism the principal, >>reporter: his campaign is using the financial advantage to begin setting up fire wall of political advertising in critical upcoming states. >> they go after him on the whole issue of rick santorum being a washington insider. >>reporter: you can already hear tonight romney stump speech. >> challenge we have in washington is that people go there and they get in affected by the washington disease. >> the question will be will it succeed as it has in the past in bringing down santorum numbers so that romney wins essentially the nomination by default? that's really what is going on here. >>reporter: over the past month poll
latest 2 research poll shows him up by 2 points over romney. post poll shows his favorability among republican has moved just ahead of romney. perhaps of greatest concern to the romney camp in 3 critical republican groups santorum has sizable ladies. tea party. conservative. and evangelical. romney is trying to ramp up the emphasis on conservative. >> let me tell you something about conservatism. my conservatism the principal, >>reporter: his campaign is using the financial...
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romney edged santorum by eight votes the snailest margin of victory in iowa history. good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. katie marzullo is here to explain. >> reporter: the most recent development happened about an hour ago. what you are seeing is a town hall meeting in new hampshire in which the 2008 gop presidential candidate john mccain has officially endorsed mitt romney for the job. earlier this morning, two other candidates made big announcements. michelle bachmann is out, rick per are staying in. both implied the opposite last night. -- >> last night the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice. so i have decided to stand aside. >> reporter: michelle bachmann finished sixth in iowa, last night boldly stated she wasn't going anywhere. in the light of day she arrived at a different conclusion >> i have no regrets. >> reporter: also changing his mind rick perry. this morning he tweeted, here we come south carolina. last night he said he was going too reassess his campaign many cokie roberts weigh in. >> rick perry has a lot of pressures
romney edged santorum by eight votes the snailest margin of victory in iowa history. good morning i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm cheryl jennings. katie marzullo is here to explain. >> reporter: the most recent development happened about an hour ago. what you are seeing is a town hall meeting in new hampshire in which the 2008 gop presidential candidate john mccain has officially endorsed mitt romney for the job. earlier this morning, two other candidates made big announcements....
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>>reporter: today romney no. 1 rival suggested romney not only out of touch with the economic reality of regular americans he's out of touch with governors. i was startled because i know rick perry pretty well. i can't imagine he could cover a bet like. that he has been a public servant all his career. >>reporter: after all 10,000 dollars on the table. that's more than 10%ñ of the average american net worth. so only point zero zero 4 percent of romney 250 million dollar net worth. this moment could not have come at worst time for romney in the midst of the gingrich surge. of the first 4 primary and caucus states romney now trails gingrich in 3. and gingrich is gaining in the fourth. new hampshire. state that is supposed to be romney's fire wall. so today damage control. >> it's a very common thing to say i bet awe million buck. >>reporter: and change the conversation. romney today said gingrich should return the 1.6 million dollars he was paid by mortgage giant forehead manage. >> one of the things i think people recognize in washington they serve the people and then stay to serve th
>>reporter: today romney no. 1 rival suggested romney not only out of touch with the economic reality of regular americans he's out of touch with governors. i was startled because i know rick perry pretty well. i can't imagine he could cover a bet like. that he has been a public servant all his career. >>reporter: after all 10,000 dollars on the table. that's more than 10%ñ of the average american net worth. so only point zero zero 4 percent of romney 250 million dollar net worth....
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not romney 13.9. so much talk in the country now about the 1% romney income puts him in a category even smaller.zero zero 6 percent. now romney neck and knock in the poll with gingrich the question now how will the new numbers play with blue collar republicans. >> good to he sue again. >>reporter: something that's might sound foreign to some voters romney had a swiss bank account now closed. still has investment in the cayman islands but the campaign insist taxed at the same rate if he held them here. campaign pointing out he enormous sum of money given to charity. 4 million i don't know to the mormon church. >> and to state politic. state senate president stein berg and assembly speaker perez are suing controller john chung for blocking lawmaker pay during last year extended budget dispute. >> neither the governor nor any member of the executive branch may bran dish the threat of withholding legislative pay because they disagree with the decisions made by the legislative branch. >>reporter: chung say
not romney 13.9. so much talk in the country now about the 1% romney income puts him in a category even smaller.zero zero 6 percent. now romney neck and knock in the poll with gingrich the question now how will the new numbers play with blue collar republicans. >> good to he sue again. >>reporter: something that's might sound foreign to some voters romney had a swiss bank account now closed. still has investment in the cayman islands but the campaign insist taxed at the same rate if...
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can get complicated4z[cç if romney's rivals stay in. they think santorum better understands averageço americans a confident president yesterday offered romney some encouragement. >> the president: good luck tonight. >> reporter: now rick santorum and newt gingrich turns towards kansas, alabama and mississippi three states full of the conservative voters mitt romney hasn't been able to attract and santorum especially sees three more chances to gain ground. scott goldberg, abc news, ohio. >>> mike nicco has the forecast. nice camera shots. >> as you know, breezy, right? dying down we'll get the temperatures from him. >>> also, trouble in paradise? the new suitor shaking things up for the falcon family on top of city hall. >>> solar flare erupts overnight and headed towards earth. the effects we may see here later tonight. >>> it appears there may be a family shake-up for the famed falcon as top san jose city hall this is video from a webcam it shows clara the matriarch of the family sitting atop four new eggs the father is nowhere to be
can get complicated4z[cç if romney's rivals stay in. they think santorum better understands averageço americans a confident president yesterday offered romney some encouragement. >> the president: good luck tonight. >> reporter: now rick santorum and newt gingrich turns towards kansas, alabama and mississippi three states full of the conservative voters mitt romney hasn't been able to attract and santorum especially sees three more chances to gain ground. scott goldberg, abc...
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mitt romney dealing with new political headache tonight. video clip surface showing him telling wealthy donor that 47 percent of americans are basically government free loaders. tonight romney held impromptu news conference to try to clarify what he said and what he meant. here's karen. >> just as mitt romney campaign was hoping to hit reset button new video out tonight may complicate the message. mother jones left leaning magazine posted the clip of what they say is romney talking to do nor at fund raise they are year and talking points are very different than what voters are used to hearing from him on the trail. >> there are 47 percent of the people people 47 percent who are with him who depend on government and are victims and government has responsibility to help them and who believe they are entitled to health care to food to housing to you name it. entitlement. government should give it to them and they will vote for this president no matter what. >> mother jones posted the clip not the full romney remark of what they say is romney t
mitt romney dealing with new political headache tonight. video clip surface showing him telling wealthy donor that 47 percent of americans are basically government free loaders. tonight romney held impromptu news conference to try to clarify what he said and what he meant. here's karen. >> just as mitt romney campaign was hoping to hit reset button new video out tonight may complicate the message. mother jones left leaning magazine posted the clip of what they say is romney talking to do...
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ifou loo at where the most money has come, not only for obama but for romney, california is number one. >> reporter: it began last night with a roundtable for 25 wealthy donors. each patron paid $40,000. then the president met with 100 people who paid $20,000 each to have dinner with him in the bill graham civic auditorium. outside the venue, 100 people staged protests against various policies, from the use of drones in pakistan, to the federal crackdown on marijuana. >> the president: i love you back thank yu everybody! >> reporter: the esident ended the day at a concert for 6,000 supporters at the auditorium tickets started at $200 per person. he alluded to his debate last week. >> the president: i had a bunch of of folks come to me, don't be so polite, don't be so nice. [ cheering ] president -- >> the president: but i want evybody to understand something, what was being prente wasn't leaderip, at's sasmansh. [ cheering ] >> the president: and we cannot afford another round of tax cuts for the wealthy. >> reporter: mr. obama has raise add average of three million dollars from his pr
ifou loo at where the most money has come, not only for obama but for romney, california is number one. >> reporter: it began last night with a roundtable for 25 wealthy donors. each patron paid $40,000. then the president met with 100 people who paid $20,000 each to have dinner with him in the bill graham civic auditorium. outside the venue, 100 people staged protests against various policies, from the use of drones in pakistan, to the federal crackdown on marijuana. >> the...
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republican presidential candidate mitt romney is in the bay area in at a fundraiser. >> mitt romney's new campaign ad is about as subtle as a sledge hammer. >> i have been married to the same woman for 25 -- excuse me, i will get in trouble, 42 years. >> he never mentions the name newt gingrich but it is clear the contrast he is drawing between him some anself and the former speaker who was married two times. >> i have been in the same church my entire life. if i'm president of the united states i will be true to my family tortion my faith and to our country. >> reporter: romney's attack is intended to bring down gingrich's soaring numbers with less than a month to go before the iowa caucuses, gingrich is leading in iowa and leading nationally and he is making a move in new hampshire where romney had been a lock. >> all of you were told in june and july that i disappeared and it must be a great shock to have me showing back up again. >> reporter: today, newt gingrich joked about his rise. republicans close to romney say the campaign is launching an immediate shift in strategy and as o
republican presidential candidate mitt romney is in the bay area in at a fundraiser. >> mitt romney's new campaign ad is about as subtle as a sledge hammer. >> i have been married to the same woman for 25 -- excuse me, i will get in trouble, 42 years. >> he never mentions the name newt gingrich but it is clear the contrast he is drawing between him some anself and the former speaker who was married two times. >> i have been in the same church my entire life. if i'm...
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that means romney's tax rate is about 14%. his taxes would be much higher if his income came from a but instead it is from investments. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. >> reporter: romney made no apologies last night in florida. this morning democrats were all too happy to weigh in. >> we need to mick shower -- make sure that middle class workers are not paying more than people making 100 million dollars a year. >> reporter: romney tried opportunity takes on gingrich after he disclosed he made hundreds of thousands working for freddie mac. romney call it lobbying. >> you just jumped a long way over here friend. >> another area of influence peddling. >> no. >> reporter: a new poll says romney's favorability rating is 31%. 49% view him unfavorably. 29% of those surveyed view gingrich favorably his unfavorable number is 51%. that same poll has better news for president obama. 53% of the people surveyed view him favorably that puts a little wind at his back heading into the state of the unio
that means romney's tax rate is about 14%. his taxes would be much higher if his income came from a but instead it is from investments. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. >> reporter: romney made no apologies last night in florida. this morning democrats were all too happy to weigh in. >> we need to mick shower -- make sure that middle class workers are not paying more than people making 100 million dollars a year. >> reporter: romney...
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romney. >> mr. romney's appearance in new hampshire tonight was going to be his final campaign rally, but he since decided to campaign in iowa and pennsylvania tomorrow. >> carolyn: our laura anthony is in bop tonight where the romney campaign plans to hold its victory celebration. first, election day in chicago is shaping up quite differently thanked did four years ago. mark matthews was in grant park when the president was elected and is in chicago tonight with more on the preparations there. reporter: on the streets of chicago you do not see obama signs like four years ago. tonight, big donors met but you couldn't tell. san francisco's is one of the financial backers from the bay area. >> everytime he has come to town i have been in the line, and that's a little more than being out in the rafters. >> but she is going to be here at the mccormick center tomorrow night. we can't show you the inside of the hall. no pictures until tomorrow. tickets have been set aside for campaign volunteers, like the
romney. >> mr. romney's appearance in new hampshire tonight was going to be his final campaign rally, but he since decided to campaign in iowa and pennsylvania tomorrow. >> carolyn: our laura anthony is in bop tonight where the romney campaign plans to hold its victory celebration. first, election day in chicago is shaping up quite differently thanked did four years ago. mark matthews was in grant park when the president was elected and is in chicago tonight with more on the...
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mitt romney 2 for 2. first the iowa caucus and now the big winner in the new hampshire primary. >> tonight we sell brit tomorrow we go back to work. >>reporter: in his victory speech romney looked and sounded like the front runner. confident. at times aggressive using the opportunity to slam his republican opponents. >> president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. and in the last few days we have seen some desperate republicans join forces with him. >>reporter: he was referring to the pile on from his rival who went after him for this comment on health care. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >>reporter: romney opponent took that as a golden opportunity to blast his work as head of private investment firm that down size company. >> the country has a leader that divide us with envy. we have to offer annual alternative vision. >>reporter: half the voters identify themselves as independent. they were the key to ron paul strong second place finish. he won 31 percent of
mitt romney 2 for 2. first the iowa caucus and now the big winner in the new hampshire primary. >> tonight we sell brit tomorrow we go back to work. >>reporter: in his victory speech romney looked and sounded like the front runner. confident. at times aggressive using the opportunity to slam his republican opponents. >> president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. and in the last few days we have seen some desperate republicans join forces with him. >>reporter:...
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trump endorsed mitt romney. he may have to share headlines with attorney gloria all fill red she is preparing to release game -- allred. she preparing to release game changing information on romney and abortion. she is a confirmed obama backer. >>> speaking of game-changing last night's rain didn't change the game but made it more dramatic. >>> absolutely. we talked about matt cain pitching a quick game which he didn't. it worked out if the end and it did rain in the end. for tomorrow we are going to be -- we'll look at latest snow in the sierra in your seven day forecast. >>> the growing ban on plastic bags at grocery stores. latest part of the bay area considering that move today. >>> reducing belly fat with a vaccine? ron: years ago i made a promise to provide the best for my family, in sickness and in health. carol and i needed help figuring out what's covered by medicare and what's not. so we turned to the same folks we've relied on for health insurance all these years. announcer: ron and carol called anthe
trump endorsed mitt romney. he may have to share headlines with attorney gloria all fill red she is preparing to release game -- allred. she preparing to release game changing information on romney and abortion. she is a confirmed obama backer. >>> speaking of game-changing last night's rain didn't change the game but made it more dramatic. >>> absolutely. we talked about matt cain pitching a quick game which he didn't. it worked out if the end and it did rain in the end. for...
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romney. as president i will sit down day one sit did you know with think about the issues talk about challenges. ♪ part of being a leader is not just significant i'll sit down. you tend tdo. kay. movingn no tohe economy get better soon. i lov big bird. i like pbs you too but i'll stop the subsidy the pbs i work this out of our budget. are you going to tax people ♪ if [ singing] bring down rates double down on the top down. simplify the code ♪ double double down. >> on the base. >> all over the internet as you can imagine. pretty clever. take as lot of work all right. >> on that note we move on and leave the debate behind. one final word. up next. scottish man dies and when he does he take the town whole language take the town whole language with him. 7 news >> in new jersey a mother and 5 chilen arekayfterumping toafetfrom the trd sty apartmenflamesraed th inside. t terfying mont we allaught on tape. here's the oldest one describe wagon happened. >> i jump out the window right there and
romney. as president i will sit down day one sit did you know with think about the issues talk about challenges. ♪ part of being a leader is not just significant i'll sit down. you tend tdo. kay. movingn no tohe economy get better soon. i lov big bird. i like pbs you too but i'll stop the subsidy the pbs i work this out of our budget. are you going to tax people ♪ if [ singing] bring down rates double down on the top down. simplify the code ♪ double double down. >> on the base....
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which of course would be the effective end of this primary campaign clearing the path for mitt romney to proceed to the nomination. i'm here with george stephanopoulos. what does this mean and why today? >> i think he did it today for a couple of reasons. first, he's had this health scare of his daughter bella in the hospital over the weekend, the 3-year-old suffering from a -- he was facing the next primary in his home state of pennsylvania on april 20 tourth. he was facing a barrage, likely barrage from mitt romney and the chance he would lose his home state of pennsylvania which would risk sacrificing all the gains he's made. remarkable he's made in this campaign. what this will preserve today is his ability to be a continuing for in the conservative movement. continuing force in the republican party. >> john carr is standing tell us what you this think the romney camp is doing today? >> the romney campaign is getting ready for that general election something they were already facing but not taking this for granted. the romney campaign had readied a harsh ad attacking santorum they
which of course would be the effective end of this primary campaign clearing the path for mitt romney to proceed to the nomination. i'm here with george stephanopoulos. what does this mean and why today? >> i think he did it today for a couple of reasons. first, he's had this health scare of his daughter bella in the hospital over the weekend, the 3-year-old suffering from a -- he was facing the next primary in his home state of pennsylvania on april 20 tourth. he was facing a barrage,...
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. >>> new fall out from the secret video taken at a mitt romney fundraiser. how his campaign is trying to explain competents. >>> new headache for the royal family. where those >>> france has increased security at some of is embassies after a paris magazine published two cartoons regarding prophet mohammed. those offices were fire bombed last year. france says foreign minister is defending freedom of expression. but also warning the magazine that it could be throwing oil on the fire. muslim leaders in france were urging followers to remain calm. >> the fallout continues this morning over a secret video taken at a mitt romney fundraiser in may. president obama is weighing in. karen traverse has more from washington. >> reporter: last night on the letterman show president obama fired back at the leaked tape that is causing mitt romney's campaign major headaches. >> there are not a lot of people out there who think they are victims, who think they are entitled to something. >> reporter: in the video romney seen saying 47% of americans will vote for president oba
. >>> new fall out from the secret video taken at a mitt romney fundraiser. how his campaign is trying to explain competents. >>> new headache for the royal family. where those >>> france has increased security at some of is embassies after a paris magazine published two cartoons regarding prophet mohammed. those offices were fire bombed last year. france says foreign minister is defending freedom of expression. but also warning the magazine that it could be throwing...
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romney is spending a lot of time to debate president obama. first time in denver. romney may be trying to manage expectations and he says the president is a strong debator. >> i think the challenge i'll have in the debate is that the president tends, how shall i say it, say things that are not true. >> it's been another week of attacks in the middle east but romney is talking what they wanted to talk about, jobs and the economy. >> kristen: in pleasant hill, classes are in session as usual after a high-speed chase ended with a shot scene. it started as a traffic stop last night. police chased the two men on 680 and ended in pleasant hill where the suspects truck crashed at an elementary school. they smashed into metal barriers and one suspect made a gesture that made officers think he had a gun. the officers fired but nobody no one was hit. they took both suspects into custody and say they fined drugs in the truck. >> new this morning, a second person has contracted the west nile virus in contra costa county. fogging trucks sprayed in parts of the area. county heal
romney is spending a lot of time to debate president obama. first time in denver. romney may be trying to manage expectations and he says the president is a strong debator. >> i think the challenge i'll have in the debate is that the president tends, how shall i say it, say things that are not true. >> it's been another week of attacks in the middle east but romney is talking what they wanted to talk about, jobs and the economy. >> kristen: in pleasant hill, classes are in...
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. >>> republican dilemma as romney falls short. instead of clarifying the republican race for president super tuesday was just about throwing it into greater chaos. >>> also tonight, a san jose policeman who thought he might never walk again and the stem cell procedure that could allow him to one day. >>> plus, earning money to pay for school is expensive and the one man who may be in a class all by himself. another half hour of news another half hour of news begins here in just a moment. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! ♪ and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! [laughing] man: yeah. that will certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. mom, i'mwho's the girl?!. it's not a girl. it's bacon. if you love bacon, make it official- bacon, you look beautiful. -with my new blt cheeseburger. a 100% beef patty load
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and barack obama and mitt romney are powering across the country. practically half dozen states for each of them in 48 hours time. story tonight from david muir. >> mad dash to the finish line. president and mitt romney with the final argument. >> i am fired up right now. >> start voting rate now. >> both candidate crisscross the country. president rally in florida this morning and playing in to ohio. tomorrow iowa. colorado. nevada. then sleeping on air force one anything back to florida thursday then virginia chicago to cast vote early then ohio all over again. mitt romney taking off from florida flying west to nevada tonight here this colorado tomorrow back to nevada, iowa and thursday ohio. president obama fueled by the final debate performance with blistering attack on what he calls romney shifting position. that condition he jokingly calls this. >> we joke about romney amnesia a. this is important. this is a. this is important. this is about trust. romp neetion a firing back the president. >> he has been reduced to try to defend character on s
and barack obama and mitt romney are powering across the country. practically half dozen states for each of them in 48 hours time. story tonight from david muir. >> mad dash to the finish line. president and mitt romney with the final argument. >> i am fired up right now. >> start voting rate now. >> both candidate crisscross the country. president rally in florida this morning and playing in to ohio. tomorrow iowa. colorado. nevada. then sleeping on air force one...
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red for romney or blue for obam a. here in denver and across the country, apparently, obama is comfortably ahead. according to one new study, voters can correctly predict the winner 81% of the time. even if they strongly support the other guy. which chia candidate's more popular? which cookie's more appetizing? none of it matters. chances are you already know who will win. david wright, abc news. denver. >> there is the old eyebrow factor. >> you ever check out spencer christian -- >> neater -- neater than al roker. >> oh, brother. >> today's high. we had several record highs today. a day of amazing warmth for november 5. tomorrow, we expect another warm day. but first, let's talk about the big storm, tomorrow, moving up along the atlantic coast, a nor'easter that by wednesday, the day after the election day, could batter portions of the already battered coast, hit hard last week by super orm sandy. tell contain strong, gusty winds and heavy rainfall. here's our seven-day forecast. another warm day, possibly a couple m
red for romney or blue for obam a. here in denver and across the country, apparently, obama is comfortably ahead. according to one new study, voters can correctly predict the winner 81% of the time. even if they strongly support the other guy. which chia candidate's more popular? which cookie's more appetizing? none of it matters. chances are you already know who will win. david wright, abc news. denver. >> there is the old eyebrow factor. >> you ever check out spencer christian --...
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in massachusetts but he was shouted down by romney supporters and it appears romney attack over solyndra neutralizing obama campaign criticism of romney job creation record. >> the times i was involved at bain capitol and olympic and as governor why those are things that are matters of public record. >>reporter: romney wouldn't defind the record because he didn't want to go off message and on the defensive t.both campaign today focusing on their opponent record l topic of job creation and how to balance the budget have to wait for another day. all righting from fremont, abc 7 news. >>> man suspected of kidnapping and killing 16-year-old la mar was in court today but did not enter a plea. garcia torrez uttered the word yes, your honor, when asked by the judge if he understood what was happening. none of sierra family attended the hearing. >>> in the preliminary hearing of 2 men accused of beating giants fan brian stowe in los angeles one fan testified that she saw a man matching the description of one of the defendants taunt giants fans and punch a teenager boy. anna maria de ville also t
in massachusetts but he was shouted down by romney supporters and it appears romney attack over solyndra neutralizing obama campaign criticism of romney job creation record. >> the times i was involved at bain capitol and olympic and as governor why those are things that are matters of public record. >>reporter: romney wouldn't defind the record because he didn't want to go off message and on the defensive t.both campaign today focusing on their opponent record l topic of job...
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and now romney opposes it. but with romney supported was the massachusetts health care plan that he signed as governor. while that plan has a lieutenant in common with the national plan they are not the same. romney opposed the national plan from the beginning because it contained a public option. after congress dropped the public option room any is not on the record supporting the national plan and to say that he did is not accurate today. romney told reporters the ad shows the democratic party is afraid of his xaichbility shows they are afraiding of facing me in the general election. want to throw the primary process to anybody but me. bring it on. we are ready for them. >>reporter: our analyst says romney is right in assuming the ad is aimed at influencing the republican primary. flip flopping is much more likely to turn off the republican conservative base than more politically moderate voters. they attack romney for changing position they hope the ads will put romney in a position where he has to fight a l
and now romney opposes it. but with romney supported was the massachusetts health care plan that he signed as governor. while that plan has a lieutenant in common with the national plan they are not the same. romney opposed the national plan from the beginning because it contained a public option. after congress dropped the public option room any is not on the record supporting the national plan and to say that he did is not accurate today. romney told reporters the ad shows the democratic...
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. >> romney will stumble into tampa. that's not bad news for a democrat, but it is really bad news for the republican party. >> there were more than 400 delegates up for grabs during today's vote. romney is expected to wind up a third of the way to the number of delegates needed for the nomination. ron paul did not win any of the 10 states today and has yet to pull off a victory during this primary season. carolyn? >> thanks, john. john alston president aring. if you would like a closer look, get the numbers on abc7news.com/politics. >>> perez followed a visit to the silicon valley with a speech tonight in san francisco. the know pell -- the nobel peace prize winner received a key to the city from mayor ed leigh. in his speech he described israel and california as places where hard work can make dreams come true. >> california has the people to the land. it will come in many ways with strengths of our time. >> outside the synagogue, the pro israeli demonstrators squared off against the protestors. earlier today president
. >> romney will stumble into tampa. that's not bad news for a democrat, but it is really bad news for the republican party. >> there were more than 400 delegates up for grabs during today's vote. romney is expected to wind up a third of the way to the number of delegates needed for the nomination. ron paul did not win any of the 10 states today and has yet to pull off a victory during this primary season. carolyn? >> thanks, john. john alston president aring. if you would...
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romney's wife will be at a lunch at the palo alto home of cisco chairman. president obama called mitt romney a few hours ago to congratulate him on securing the gop nomination. the president told romney he looks forward to an important and healthy debate about america's future. the two campaigns are opening new attacks on each other today. president obama's advisers say when romney was governor of massachusetts, that state's economy lagged in job creation and saw an increase in debt. romney's campaign is bringing attention to failed stimulus projects like solyndra the company received hundreds of millions only to go bankrupt. >>> right now in morgan hill scheduled volunteer search underway for missing 15-year-old sierra lamar. family members have not given up hope they will find her even though police arrested a suspect. lamar disappeared on her way to school march 16th. dive teams have been searching since then. but no body has been found. the suspect antolin garcia-torres will be back in court tomorrow. he's been charged with murder and kidnapping. author
romney's wife will be at a lunch at the palo alto home of cisco chairman. president obama called mitt romney a few hours ago to congratulate him on securing the gop nomination. the president told romney he looks forward to an important and healthy debate about america's future. the two campaigns are opening new attacks on each other today. president obama's advisers say when romney was governor of massachusetts, that state's economy lagged in job creation and saw an increase in debt. romney's...
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. >>> new target for mitt romney. +e@@ >>> a gunman who killed a campus police officer before turning the again on himself is believed to have act add loan. video taken from the explain officer's cruiser the gunman shot 39-year-old officer derrick crouse, ran and shot himself. the gunman's identity has not been released. >> we know who this individual is. due to protocol, the medical examiner's office must make that positive information and we notify the next of kin. at that point we will be able to release his name. i can tell you he is not a virginia tech student. >> the shooting if began when officer crouse conducted a traffic stop on a car the gunman had no connection to the campus, walked up to him and shot him. investigators are still working to find a motive. >>> the debate is tomorrow, the battle is now. mitt romney's campaign is all the sag the new front-runner newt gingrich. gingrich -- gingrich is not fighting back yesterday. tomorrow's debate could be crucial for the two. >> reporter: mitt romney's campaig
. >>> new target for mitt romney. +e@@ >>> a gunman who killed a campus police officer before turning the again on himself is believed to have act add loan. video taken from the explain officer's cruiser the gunman shot 39-year-old officer derrick crouse, ran and shot himself. the gunman's identity has not been released. >> we know who this individual is. due to protocol, the medical examiner's office must make that positive information and we notify the next of kin. at...
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. >>> barack obama and mitt romney duking it out now at the home stretch. the new poll showing the race in a key battleground state is slipping away from romney. why he says he is not worried. >> and the bay area native who survived a deadly of a good afternoon. what he is saying about his ordeal. >> and a quarter of a million dollar jackpot lost in san francisco. >> and then later on "nightline" -- >> i'm cynthia mcfaden, coming up next on "nightline," in the rebellion against the new healthy school lunch guidelines. and from harry potter to a new
. >>> barack obama and mitt romney duking it out now at the home stretch. the new poll showing the race in a key battleground state is slipping away from romney. why he says he is not worried. >> and the bay area native who survived a deadly of a good afternoon. what he is saying about his ordeal. >> and a quarter of a million dollar jackpot lost in san francisco. >> and then later on "nightline" -- >> i'm cynthia mcfaden, coming up next on...
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. >> romney's solution he decided there wasn't math involved in this problem. that is absolutely crazy. >> as the president continues the fund-raising swing in the west, mitt romney will deliver a speech tomorrow with a stinging rebuke of obama policy especially in the middle east. >>> president obama appeared at nokia theater in los angeles and allied today his lack laws terrify debate performance last week. >> everybody is incredible professionals and they perform flawssly night after night. i can't ways say the same. >> he came on stage after perfornces by perform answers. he went to a $25,000 per plate dinner. >> he is in san francisco tomorrow. his first event is intercontinental hotel in san francisco. traffic signs is mark regular strict areas. followed by a dinner and concert reception at bill graham center. >>> vice president joe biden and paul ryan face off on thursday. >> just ahead, a hot air balloon on fire. and after a cool weekend, what is ahead for your weekend. leigh glaser is up next. >> i'm mike shumann, 49er offense exploded for a >> a hot a
. >> romney's solution he decided there wasn't math involved in this problem. that is absolutely crazy. >> as the president continues the fund-raising swing in the west, mitt romney will deliver a speech tomorrow with a stinging rebuke of obama policy especially in the middle east. >>> president obama appeared at nokia theater in los angeles and allied today his lack laws terrify debate performance last week. >> everybody is incredible professionals and they perform...
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obama campaign ran twice as many l ads as romney and all of romney supporters combined. >> feeling on the part of the row romney camp they didn't have to do it. too early. not enough people paying attention. they would wait until the convention and afterward. >>reporter: political signest brady says obama campaign was helped out by romney miss step stepsism comments about the middle east. 47 percent comments. >>reporter: not played into the picture of romney obama campaign was trying to paper. there's one other big advantage to going early. as the air waves swing states became saturated with political ads now from both sides television stations are required to give the candidates discounted rate in the last 60 days before the election. if the discount apply only to candidates political parties and outside groups like super pack thief they are not entitled. "washington post"reports that in ohio 30 second slot this cost obama campaign 125 dollars is costing conservative super pack 900 dollars. romney to get that discounted rate as we have reported much of the money that romney raised ha
obama campaign ran twice as many l ads as romney and all of romney supporters combined. >> feeling on the part of the row romney camp they didn't have to do it. too early. not enough people paying attention. they would wait until the convention and afterward. >>reporter: political signest brady says obama campaign was helped out by romney miss step stepsism comments about the middle east. 47 percent comments. >>reporter: not played into the picture of romney obama campaign was...
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yesterday they blasted romney as a massachusetts moderate. that new tactic may be complicated by a new memo from 2006. in that memo, gingrich praised romney for his health care plan. over the holiday weekend the candidates declared truce. no negative ads were on the air in iowa. now the presents have been unwrapped it is back to politics as usual. perry out with an ad that goes after opponents who served in congress. >> if washington is the problem why trust a congressman to fix it? >> reporter: the only one who escapes perry's attack, mitt romney who like perry has never worked in washington. romney has a new ad that stresses his conservative credentials. >> i'm going to do something to government. i'm going to make it simpler and smaller and smarter. >> reporter: today newt gingrich, rick perry and michelle bachmann launched bus tours across iowa looking to be the anti-romney candidate that conservatives rally around. car haven't traverse, abc news, washington. -- >>> how facebook helped a kidnap victim and her baby son escapee five-day hos
yesterday they blasted romney as a massachusetts moderate. that new tactic may be complicated by a new memo from 2006. in that memo, gingrich praised romney for his health care plan. over the holiday weekend the candidates declared truce. no negative ads were on the air in iowa. now the presents have been unwrapped it is back to politics as usual. perry out with an ad that goes after opponents who served in congress. >> if washington is the problem why trust a congressman to fix it?...
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romney rival saw an opening and stepped up their attacks. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. >> his company with all the jobs they killed. i'm sure he was worried he would run out of pitching slips. >>reporter: today an independent group supporting gingrich announced it will spend nearly 3 and half million dollars on this television ad in south carolina. >> his mission? to reap massive rewards for himself. >> i don't believe in unilateral disarmament. >>reporter: latest frol new hampshire shows romney with 24 point lead fresh round of attack may come too late to be a game changer here. >> but could become a liability specific specifically in south carolina where there's a populous sentiment that is anti-government and anti-big business. >>reporter: romney made it to this point with few bruise because now his rival are trying to take his strength on the economy and turn nature a weakness. this is abc news manchester, new hampshire. >> it should be interesting and we'll have the results tomorrow night here open abc 7 and of course on our web site. >>> pre
romney rival saw an opening and stepped up their attacks. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. >> his company with all the jobs they killed. i'm sure he was worried he would run out of pitching slips. >>reporter: today an independent group supporting gingrich announced it will spend nearly 3 and half million dollars on this television ad in south carolina. >> his mission? to reap massive rewards for himself. >> i don't believe in...
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. >>> mitt romney visited the bay area. it was his first day of fundraising since mathematically clinching the nomination. the fundraiser was held in hillsboro at the sprawling carolyn sat toe. it is owned by billionaire investor charles bartlett johnson and his wife. heather ishimaru is there with more. >> romney picked up an endorsement tonight here at this event. that is from former secretary of state condoleezza rice. as for the rest of the guest list, their endorsements came in the form of the hefty check. >> earlier at arrival they will be met by obama supporters before the valet parking attendants. it was a tame protest organized by the bay area democratic party officials. they criticize the supporters saying they care only about short-term profit without regard for consequences. singling out meg whitman who announced 27,000 layoffs at hp. >> one of the biggest hosts for this a week ago laid off 27,000 workers. i want to know who is advising romney to show up with someone who laid off 27,000 workers. it is almost lik
. >>> mitt romney visited the bay area. it was his first day of fundraising since mathematically clinching the nomination. the fundraiser was held in hillsboro at the sprawling carolyn sat toe. it is owned by billionaire investor charles bartlett johnson and his wife. heather ishimaru is there with more. >> romney picked up an endorsement tonight here at this event. that is from former secretary of state condoleezza rice. as for the rest of the guest list, their endorsements came...
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mitt romney has used every trick in the book. what is mitt romney hiding? >>reporter: romney insist he will only release two years of tax returns. but the pressure is building. even some republicans say romney should just bite the bullet in order to move on. >> the advice i would give romney is who care about his your tax return. release them. we need for this campaign to be about obama record. >>reporter: to did this romney needs to regain the campaign narrative. try to do that battle ground ohio on wednesda wednesday. karen, abc news, washington. >>> san francisco supervisors voted unanimously to oppose police policy called stop and frisk that mayor lee is considering implementing. members of the black young democrats of san francisco delivered a petition with more than 2000 signatures against the policy. mayor office today. stop and frisk is used by police in new york and philadelphia. it allows officers to search people they think are suspicious. opponent say it's racist. unconstitutional and ineffective. at stopping violence. >> haven't had any positiv
mitt romney has used every trick in the book. what is mitt romney hiding? >>reporter: romney insist he will only release two years of tax returns. but the pressure is building. even some republicans say romney should just bite the bullet in order to move on. >> the advice i would give romney is who care about his your tax return. release them. we need for this campaign to be about obama record. >>reporter: to did this romney needs to regain the campaign narrative. try to do...
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president obama and mitt romney are crisscrossing critical swing states ahead of tomorrow's election. new polls show the race tighter than ever. t.j. winick is in chicago. >> reporter: a sign of how close the obama campaign believes this could be the president appeared in new hampshire which only has four electoral votes. >> the president: we are no longer relevant, we're props, because what's happened is now the campaign falls on these 25-year-old kids folking on doors, making calls. >> reporter: he was joined by bill clinton who mocked mitt romney's pitch. >> don't pay too much attention to what our solutions are just be pined. look at me, i look like a president. -- and talk like one. and i'm telling you it is all going to be all right if you elect me >> reporter: with one day to go, candidates crisscross battleground states. mitt romney 14 stops in seven states president obama 14 stops in eight states both claim victory is within reach. >> he's hoping we'll settle. americans don't settle, we build, we aspire, we dream, we can do better. >> reporter: romney is making a play for dem
president obama and mitt romney are crisscrossing critical swing states ahead of tomorrow's election. new polls show the race tighter than ever. t.j. winick is in chicago. >> reporter: a sign of how close the obama campaign believes this could be the president appeared in new hampshire which only has four electoral votes. >> the president: we are no longer relevant, we're props, because what's happened is now the campaign falls on these 25-year-old kids folking on doors, making...
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this week mitt romney will be agrees sill storming the campaign trail. last night the republican was in colorado trying to gain ground on president obama in a state that will be critical. >> do you want four more years of 8% or higher unemployment? >> no! >> reporter: romney continues stumping in colorado today before a bus tour in ohio tomorrow. he will be greated in the buckeye state by in new ad from the obama campaign, they slam romney for that leaked hidden camera fundraiser video. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax, including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> reporter: this is the last full week of campaigning before the debates begin and take over the candidate's attention. last night he spoke to reporters. >> i think the president's campaign has focused its advertising in many cases on inaccurate portrayals of my positions. he's trying to fool people into thinking that i think things i don't. that ends, i think during the debates. >> reporter: polls show a tight race in the battleground states that will decide the el
this week mitt romney will be agrees sill storming the campaign trail. last night the republican was in colorado trying to gain ground on president obama in a state that will be critical. >> do you want four more years of 8% or higher unemployment? >> no! >> reporter: romney continues stumping in colorado today before a bus tour in ohio tomorrow. he will be greated in the buckeye state by in new ad from the obama campaign, they slam romney for that leaked hidden camera...
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that's cost romney, too. last september more americans had favorable view of romney than unfavorable one. now that's flipped. laws an votes next but after that the road ahead looks much better for rym than rick santorum. this is abc news washington. >>> powerful 7. 4 earthquake hit southern mexico today damaging hundreds of homes. epi-center halfway between acapulco and felt in mexico city hundreds of miles away. 3 people had died in the quake but mexican government now saying nobody was killed. 7 people were injured. more tonight from lee ann. >>reporter: mexico city 200 miles from the epi-center felt one of the strongest shake ins year. this pedestrians bridge on the avenue collapsed sending the driver of that truck to the hospital. buildings swayed hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of the cap to. mexico city is sitting on this bowl of seismic jello and we have comes through then the jello shakes and it shakes the city quite a bit. >>reporter: epi-center was between the state's here so
that's cost romney, too. last september more americans had favorable view of romney than unfavorable one. now that's flipped. laws an votes next but after that the road ahead looks much better for rym than rick santorum. this is abc news washington. >>> powerful 7. 4 earthquake hit southern mexico today damaging hundreds of homes. epi-center halfway between acapulco and felt in mexico city hundreds of miles away. 3 people had died in the quake but mexican government now saying nobody...
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right next to romney. national polls determine the sitting arrangement, cain is in a solid second place. his rise has been swift somewhat surprising. he's never been in politics before. barely campaigning in the key early states and focusing most of his attention on promoting his new book. cain did earn an endorsement from mitt romney yesterday. romney may benefit from cain's sudden rise. perry and bachmann have been sinking in the polls. if they tear down cain they could climb back into with romney. karen engineers, tphauz, washington. >> late this -- late this morning, new jersey governor christie expected to endorse mitt romney today for the gop nomination. >>> developing news, five car wreck snarling traffic on the peninsula coming off the san mateo bridge this morning. the crash on highway 92 near the 101 interchange. two lanes of westbound 92 are closed along with a connector ramp to 101 north. this is an injury accident. if you are heading that way, police suggest using 3rd avenue to northbound 101.
right next to romney. national polls determine the sitting arrangement, cain is in a solid second place. his rise has been swift somewhat surprising. he's never been in politics before. barely campaigning in the key early states and focusing most of his attention on promoting his new book. cain did earn an endorsement from mitt romney yesterday. romney may benefit from cain's sudden rise. perry and bachmann have been sinking in the polls. if they tear down cain they could climb back into with...
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romney opposed that. many car industry analysts say without that public money, detroit would have gone under. president obama came a close second when the green president sounded like a texas oil man. >> we are drilling more on public lands than the previous administration. previous president was an oil man. >> not true. leases and permits for oil public lands are down 40% over the last three years. biggest shocker. they broke their own 21-page agreement. i called them to stay in their pre-designated area. they imitated glad yiatders and moving aggressively toward each other. a secret service must have been on edge. >> dan: a reminder debate between the candidates is set for monday in florida with the focus on foreign policy. we will carry it live here on abc7 on monday. the attempt to get women into infantry officer training has failed for the time being. there were two women volunteers. second quit this week. the first left on the first day of training. the course is grueling and lasts 13 weeks. the pil
romney opposed that. many car industry analysts say without that public money, detroit would have gone under. president obama came a close second when the green president sounded like a texas oil man. >> we are drilling more on public lands than the previous administration. previous president was an oil man. >> not true. leases and permits for oil public lands are down 40% over the last three years. biggest shocker. they broke their own 21-page agreement. i called them to stay in...